RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Transportation will temporarily close a section of Brown Road in Orange County on Monday, Jan. 7 to replace the bridge over the North Fork Little River. The closure will remain in effect through Wednesday, April 17.

Brown Road will be closed from Laws Store Road to Breeze Road. During the closure, motorists should use the following signed detour:

Brown Road to Laws Store Road to Walnut Grove Church Road to Breeze Road back to Brown Road.

For real-time travel information at any time, call 511, visit www.ncdot.gov/travel or follow NCDOT on Twitter. Another option is NCDOT Mobile, a phone-friendly version of the NCDOT website. To access it, type “m.ncdot.gov” into the browser of your smartphone. Then, bookmark it to save for future reference. NCDOT Mobile is compatible with the iPhone, Android and some newer Blackberry phones.